Who is responsible for writing Use Cases? [closed]

Question

Who is responsible for writing Use Cases?

Answer 1

Someone who

1. Communicates clearly.

2. Understands the business value. This means either business knowledge or good interviewing skills.

3. Can understand who the actors are, and what interactions with a system will create that business value. This means some technology vision to see how interaction can create value. Not everyone is capable of this vision. Some people repeat the way things used to be. Other people write hypothetical ("would be nice if...") statements. There's middle ground of definite and visionary.

Job title and organization don't matter. What matters is clarity, understanding and articulating a vision.

Answer 2

While it is the Business Analyst who owns the use cases (as they are defining their requirements which need to be tested) should be a shared responsibility, with the business providing the inputs, and testing providing the quality review, as they would need to consume the deliverables.

Answer 3

The person whose role it is to perform the business analysis. So the person that wears the business analysts hat at the time. That could be the project manager, a dedicated business analyst or the lead developer, it depends on the team...